Jeffries, S.; Fletcher, G.J.O.; Newbold, G.(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political Sciences, 2003)

Using a matched sampling method, this research examined the process of sex-based differentiation in sentencing outcomes for 194 men and 194 women, sentenced over a seven-year period in Christchurch, New Zealand. Consistent ...

It is common in international relations thought to view realism and pacifism as lying at opposite ends of a spectrum on the permissibility of war. Pacifism, from this point of view, is necessarily antithetically opposed ...

Allan, M.(University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development.University of Canterbury. Social Science Research Centre.University of Canterbury. Academic Policy and Programmes Unit., 2004)

This paper sets out to contribute to the critical understanding of public communication in social media by studying the use of Twitter after a severe earthquake in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2011. It also sets out to contribute ...

Butler, E.K.; Winfree, L.T.; Newbold, G.(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political Sciences, 2003)

In 1996, the New Zealand Police (NZP) obtained a stratified random sample of 536 personnel. This study examines possible gender differences in this sample for such work-related factors as supervisory fairness, supervisory ...

Matheson, D.(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Media and Communication and Journalism, 2010)

This book is a series of analyses of how interviewers and interviewees position themselves and
each other in Israeli television news interviews, all based on interviews from the early evening
current affairs show, ‘Erev ...

Smithies, J.(University of Canterbury. School of Humanities and Creative ArtsUniversity of Canterbury. HistoryUniversity of Canterbury. Philosophy, 2008)

For most of the 20th century literature and criticism of literature
functioned as central engines of cultural change across the western world. This
was especially the case in ex-colonial societies like New Zealand where ...

Cross, J.; Newbold, G.(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Sociology, 2010)

Since pro-arrest policies in domestic violence became popular in the United States in the 1980s, numerous western countries have followed suit. In most cases, research has shown that implementation of the policies has ...

Understanding how and why pronunciations vary and change has been a dominant theme in
variationist sociolinguistics (Labov 1966, 2001). Linguistic variability has also been an area
of focus in psychology and cognitive ...

With changes to cochlear implant candidacy and improvements in surgical technique,
there is a need for accurate intraoperative assessment of low-frequency hearing
thresholds during cochlear implantation. In electrocochleography, ...

Local independent radio stations in Christchurch, New Zealand, had their operations severely
disrupted by major earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011. This article examines
the experiences of three radio stations ...

Clark, L.(University of Canterbury. School of Languages and CulturesUniversity of Canterbury. Linguistics, 2008)

The existing literature on vocalic variation in Scottish English has shown that variation
tends to pattern according to the age, gender and socio-economic class of the speaker.
However, studies which employ these gross ...

The readiness to practice of newly qualified social workers in Aotearoa New Zealand is a contested subject. In recent years, criticism by public figures including government ministers and the New Zealand government appointed ...

Vares, T.(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Gender Studies, 2009)

In recent years there has been a cultural-scientific shift in the ways in which ageing and sexuality are represented. This has been most notable in the popular media where the predominant portrayal of asexual old age is ...

Vares, T.; Potts, A.; Gavey, N.; Grace, V.M.(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2007)

To date, women's accounts of sexuality and sexual changes in mid-later life have been neglected by both feminists and gerontologists. In addition, women's responses to male partners' use of sexuopharmaceuticals such as ...

This study explores the therapeutic engagement experiences of men who have sexually offended against children and who are involved in a prototypical prison-based group treatment programme. The study examined factors relating ...

We examined changes in psychological distress experienced by residents of Christchurch
following two catastrophic earthquakes in late 2010 and early 2011, using data from the
New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS), ...

Vietnamese high school students have few opportunities to use English outside class and in class they are often reluctant to speak in class. This paper describes and explains the students’ willingness to communicate (WTC) ...

The paucity of attention paid to
adolescent violence towards parents is
indicated by the sparse literature on the
topic. Clearly, there is an urgent need
to conduct research into this aspect of
family life. A research ...